by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Parts (head, arms, etc.) seem separated from body (Bapt. Psor.). Bruised pain. Fetor. Exhaustion. .................... Sad. Head feels big. Tongue, coated on one side only (Irid. Rhus-t.). Sleepless; from bone aches. Clammy sweat.
Related: Rhus-t.
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Daphne Indica appears in 6 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Daphne Indica, Linn. (Daphne odorata, W. (?).) Natural order , Thymelaceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the bark of the branches. Authority. Symptoms from Dr. Bute, Corresp. Blatt., etc., 1837. Despondency. Fearfulness. Very peevish and thoughtless; he walked back and forth in the room, and could not make up his mind to…”
“Spurge Laurel Acts on lower tissues, muscles, bones and skin. Sudden, lightning jerks in different parts of the body. Craving for tobacco . Burning in stomach. Parts of the body feel separated ( Bapt ). Fetid breath, urine, sweat. Feels as if skull would burst; as if head were separated from body . Heat in head…”
“Daphne odora. Sweet-scented Spurge Laurel. N. O. Thymelaceæ. Tincture of fresh bark. Amaurosis / Amblyopia / Constipation / Cough / Eyes, affections of / Exostosis / Fever / Gastralgia / Gonorrhœal rheumatism / Gout / Leprosy / Mercurio-syphilis / Prostatorrhœa / Rheumatism / Splenitis / Sleeplessness / Toothache…”
“Daphne Indica (Sweet scented Spurge laurel). Thymolaceæ. This remedy, not to be confounded with Daphne mezereum, another species from the same natural order (See Mezereum ), was introduced by Dr. G. Bute, whose symptoms, pathogenetic and clinical, were first published in the Correspondenz-Blatt, the journal of the…”
“Lowness; of spirits. Feeling of fulness in the head, as if the head would burst. Heat in the head, especially in the vertex. Painful pulsation in the temples, with soreness when touched. Contraction of the pupils. Painful feeling in the eyes, as if pressed into the head. Eyes inflamed, without lustre; filled with…”
Kent's Repertory lists Daphne Indica in 299 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (56), HEAD (39), STOMACH (20), BACK (19), TEETH (17).
